2:28 AM,
May 9, 2013

Havard Rugland kicks a ball in a series of trick shots in Norway. He's pursuing a long-shot bid to make the NFL thanks to a YouTube video showing him kicking field goals from almost any angle or distance.

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Havard Rugland has never made an NFL field goal, but already he's earned a cult following among Lions fans.

Rugland sat at a small table draped with a black cloth high above the 20-yard line Tuesday as fans strolled the Ford Field concourse sampling stuffed tortellini, sautéed shrimp and Billy Sims' BBQ at the team's Taste of the Lions event.

It was Rugland's first public appearance in Detroit, and fans flocked to the table he shared with punter Blake Clingan, the other not-quite-as-well-known specialist the Lions signed after their March workout. ...